George Santos, facing mounting federal charges, vows not to resign or take a plea deal
Facing new charges, George Santos said Wednesday he not intend to resign, he does not intend to take a plea deal and he intends to fight the case until "the bitter end" Hours after he was hit with a new round of federal charges , New York congressman George Santos briefly sat down with a small group of reporters on Wednesday morning to reiterate a few things: He does not intend to resign , he does not intend to take a plea deal and he intends to fight the case until "the bitter end." "I'm strong in my convictions that I can prove my innocence," he insisted. Prosecutors this week said that Santos, a Republican first elected last year, allegedly racked up thousands of dollars in charges on his donors' credit cards, exaggerated contributions to his campaign and claimed to have lent $500,000 of his own money when he only had $8,000 in the bank. A superseding indictment was filed against Santos on Tuesday. He was previously charged by federal prosecu...